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Willie Nelson’s sadder but wiser take of the Paul Simon classic.
Thanks to YouTuber willietribute2000
Still Crazy: Willie Nelson
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Tag Archives: Paul Simon
The Boxer–Interrupted By A Story
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Monday Morning, Brother Paul still La-La-Li-ing, even after fifty years since first writing and recording “The Boxer.”
I really enjoyed this live version documented in the clip above, filmed just two months ago, where Simon stops the song for a minute to tell a wonderful anecdote about an unlikely fan.
Thanks to YouTuber Rosie Tobin
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Loves Me Like A Rock: Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and the Dixie Hummingbirds
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Monday, Paul grows from being a rock to being loved like one, while Stevie does a literal double take. The amazing Ira Tucker is the soloist for the Hummingbirds.
Thanks to YouTuber AZLiveVideo
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Wristband
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Still crazy after all these years, after fifty-plus years, Paul Simon can still write a killer lyric.
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Red Rubber Ball
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It’s Monday morning and your teen-age heart has had time to learn some profound teen-age lessons. . .
Written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers, and performed by a two-hit wonder, The Cyrkle (“Turn Down Day”). They opened for The Beatles in their final live performance.
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Marching Orders
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Paul Simon’s “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover,” one of the most amusing and bittersweet love songs ever written.
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“Time Is An Ocean”: Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades
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The short-lived original 1998 Broadway production of The Capeman had a beautiful score by Paul Simon and Derek Walcott. And it was sung superbly by two icons, Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades.
The video above was uploaded last month to YouTube by Blades himself. In this song, Ruben Blades plays the older Salvador Agron, the so-called Capeman murderer, looking back and trying to reach his younger, 16-year-old incarcerated self, played by Marc Anthony.
I hope that someday more video surfaces, as that show really needs to be re-evaluated. It was performed for a few times in the summer at Central Park’s outdoor Delacorte Theatre in 2012, but was not picked up for a longer run. If anyone is interested, I’ll tell a funny story concerning my viewing of that production.
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Quality
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Monday, the singing teen-agers on the corner wake you up at 4:00 in the morning.
In 1996, Paul Simon, along with Derek Walcott, wrote the music and book for the Broadway play, Capeman,. The critics killed the show, unfairly in my opinion, but the songs are some of Simon’s best work. The play took place in 1950s New York City, and the music was an amalgamation of doo-wop and salsa. This song was one of the decidedly doo-wop influenced songs.
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Thanks to YouTuber nostalgicdoowop
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Kodachrome
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Look through Paul Simon’s rainbow-tinted glasses on a pre-digital photography Monday. What a clever lyric! In Simon’s best work he combines a strong musical riff with an evocative scenario, specific enough to trigger memories, yet vague enough to allow the listener to fill in the gaps with his or her own experiences.
Thanks to YouTuber atimetoremember
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Homeward Bound: Paul Simon and Willie Nelson
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I really like the way these two guys’ guitars and voices complement each other.
And the guitar solo is a nice surprise, too.
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Monday, Full of Grace
Paul Simon in New York’s Central Park invites you to Graceland this Monday morning.
Hear the crowd roar at the line “There is a girl in New York City/ Who calls herself The Human Trampoline.” For me, this song is Paul Simon at his songwriting best.
